Comments on: Ten Reasons Why Software Cannot Be Free http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/02/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/ WordPress site Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Julian http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/02/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Julian Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:15:34 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2008/02/29/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/#comment-178 To me, these are not 10 reasons why software should not be free. I think these are 10 reasons why technologically uneducated people, that is most people today, are afraid of choosing free software. Today's kids may still pay for ringtones, but their children -hopefully- will be smarter, and free from restricted software. To me, these are not 10 reasons why software should not be free.

I think these are 10 reasons why technologically uneducated people, that is most people today, are afraid of choosing free software.

Today’s kids may still pay for ringtones, but their children -hopefully- will be smarter, and free from restricted software.

]]> By: How Open Source Will Prosper in the Cloud | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog) http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/02/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-177 How Open Source Will Prosper in the Cloud | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog) Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:21:13 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2008/02/29/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/#comment-177 [...] The costs of cloud services will follow a similar model to licensed software, because as the cloud business grows, its costs will fall through simple economies of scale. And, of course, the end user will probably not see much of those cost reductions. Open Source is particularly appealing to SaaS vendors, because its costs  flat-line as the business scales. (You might think there are no costs to Open Source, but there are, see Ten Reasons Why Software Cannot Be Free). [...] [...] The costs of cloud services will follow a similar model to licensed software, because as the cloud business grows, its costs will fall through simple economies of scale. And, of course, the end user will probably not see much of those cost reductions. Open Source is particularly appealing to SaaS vendors, because its costs  flat-line as the business scales. (You might think there are no costs to Open Source, but there are, see Ten Reasons Why Software Cannot Be Free). [...]

]]> By: The Myth of Infinite Goods | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog) http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/02/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-176 The Myth of Infinite Goods | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:05:08 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2008/02/29/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/#comment-176 [...] touched on this reality before in Ten Reasons Why Software Cannot Be Free and you can explore the argument in that post, in respect of software. Software is never free, but [...] [...] touched on this reality before in Ten Reasons Why Software Cannot Be Free and you can explore the argument in that post, in respect of software. Software is never free, but [...]

]]> By: sybesis http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/02/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-175 sybesis Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:54:25 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2008/02/29/ten-reason-why-software-cannot-be-free/#comment-175 http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.jsp Did you know that NewOffice is a free version of OpenOffice that is a free version of StarOffice... it's a 69$ license... But you won't see that in a real store... http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.jsp

Did you know that NewOffice is a free version of OpenOffice that is a free version of StarOffice…

it’s a 69$ license…

But you won’t see that in a real store…

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